{{short description|American author of bizarro fiction (born 1988)}} {{for|the rugby player|Cameron Pierce (rugby union)}}
'''Cameron Pierce''' (born May 23, 1988, Bakersfield, California, United States) is an American author of bizarro fiction currently residing in Portland, Oregon. The ''Bizarro Starter Kit (Purple)'' described his work as "Surreal nightmares that are funny, sad, sincere, and violent."<ref>{{cite book|title=The Bizarro Starter Kit (Purple): Cameron Pierce, Jeff Burk, Cody Goodfellow, Athena Villaverde, Russell Edson, David Agranoff, Matthew Revert, Andrew Goldfarb, Kris Saknussemm, Garrett Cook: 9781936383207: Amazon.com: Books |date= October 2010|isbn=978-1936383207 |last1=Pierce |first1=Cameron |last2=Burk |first2=Jeff |last3=Goodfellow |first3=Cody }}</ref> His work has been praised by Troma founder Lloyd Kaufman, Piers Anthony,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hipiers.com/10aug.html |title=Piers Anthony's Newsletter |publisher=Hipiers.com |date= |accessdate=2013-08-19 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233127/http://www.hipiers.com/10aug.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''The Guardian'',<ref>{{cite web|last=Walter |first=Damien G |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2010/jul/16/bizarro-fiction-terribly-good |title=Bizarro fiction: it's terribly good | Books |publisher=theguardian.com |date=2010-07-16 |accessdate=2013-08-19}}</ref> Cracked.com, ''Details'' Magazine,<ref>{{cite web|last=Lowe |first=Laurence |url=http://www.details.com/celebrities-entertainment/music-and-books/201010/bizarro-fiction-wild-book-covers |title=12 Jaw-Dropping Bizarro Book Covers: Music + Books |publisher=Details |date=2010-10-21 |accessdate=2013-08-19}}</ref> ''New Times'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newtimesslo.com/art/3032/the-mind-is-its-own-place-/ |title=The mind is its own place | Art | New Times San Luis Obispo, CA |publisher=Newtimesslo.com |date=2009-07-29 |accessdate=2013-08-19}}</ref> and SF Site.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.sfsite.com/11a/pg307.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091105045147/http://www.sfsite.com/11a/pg307.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 5, 2009 |title=The SF Site Featured Review: Shark Hunting in Paradise Garden |publisher=Sfsite.com |date= |accessdate=2013-08-19}}</ref> In 2011, his short story collection ''Lost in Cat Brain Land'' won the Wonderland Book Award for Best Collection of 2010.<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=http://bizarrocentral.com/2011/11/29/2010-wonderland-book-award/ |title=2010 Wonderland Book Award |publisher=Bizarro Central |date=2011-11-29 |accessdate=2013-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117025452/http://bizarrocentral.com/2011/11/29/2010-wonderland-book-award/ |archive-date=2015-11-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Pierce is also the editor of Lazy Fascist Press.
==Bibliography== *Shark Hunting in Paradise Garden (2008) *Ass Goblins of Auschwitz (2009)<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=8309 |title=Received Goods|publisher=Warren Ellis |date=2010-01-12 |accessdate=2013-08-19}}</ref> *Lost in Cat Brain Land (2010) *The Pickled Apocalypse of Pancake Island (2010)<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://io9.com/5642479/this-is-what-a-book-looks-like-when-it-has-been-pickled |title=This is what a book looks like when it has been pickled |publisher=Io9.com |date= 20 September 2010|accessdate=2013-08-19}}</ref> *Abortion Arcade (2011) *Cthulhu Comes to the Vampire Kingdom (2011) *Gargoyle Girls of Spider Island (2011) *Die You Doughnut Bastards (2012) *Fantastic Earth Destroyer Ultra Plus (2013)
===Anthologies edited=== *Amazing Stories of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (2011) *The Best Bizarro Fiction of the Decade (2012) *In Heaven, Everything is Fine: Fiction Inspired by David Lynch (2013)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://lazyfascistpress.com/ Lazy Fascist Press]{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pierce, Cameron}} Category:Writers from Portland, Oregon Category:Writers from Bakersfield, California Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:American weird fiction writers
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